Francis Gano Benedict

1870 – 1957

• A respiration chamber for large domestic animals
• Experiment with a man fasting 31 days (April 14 to May 15, 1912) at the Nutrition laboratory of the Carnegie institution of Washington
• Nutritive value of alcohol
• Physical factors in predicting the basal metabolism of girls
• Respiratory exchange with a description of a respiration apparatus for clinical use
• Salient facts regarding the physiology of the elephant
• The research spirit in modern life
• Ueber die Jodoniumbasen